Losey's only Italian film—and his first work in exile—literally and figuratively bridges film noir and neorealism with its poignant tale of two forsaken loners thrown together by fate. The great Paul Muni, in a rarely seen late role, plays a nameless drifter who haunts a desolate port where he befriends a wily street urchin when they are brought together by a gun and a terrible accident. An excellent depiction of war-torn Italy, shot using principally non-studio locations, Stranger on the Prowl continues the fascination with loners, outsiders and those on the margins found throughout Losey's Hollywood films.